Fate Tempted

“When I was young, my mother had a feverish conversion and
started a church in our living room. I’d always been a tiny bit
anxious that I might one day follow suit, hear the calling myself,
start roaming the streets, preaching salvation. A committed but
fearful agnostic, I’d never intended to tempt fate by visiting the
Holy Land.”—Awl pal Maud Newton tempts fate by
visiting the Holy Land.#